Khyber Pass, Afghanistan, 1955. I wonder if camels and donkeys got tickets for blocking traffic.
Category: Retro & Vintage
Jeepers.
Superman is bamboozled by love.
(“Looky, Supe. Dump the cape and the SuperSocks, get some red and blue chinos. Respect yo’ sef.” — Jimmy “Dyne-O-Mite” Olsen.)
Oyster Pyramid
I want one of these, just to say I have one, and to gloat about it at the next class reunion.
[Found Here.]
Saturday Matinee – Government, Milk, Rainstorm, Phones & Violent Love
[Before we start our Saturday Feature Presentation, we found a great concise description that compares different types of government, with historical examples. Folks, please take 10 minutes to WATCH THIS, and then pass it on.]
We now resume our regular programming schedule.
Funny milk adverts [Found via Presurfer].
Turn up the sound. The first 1-1/2 minutes is VERY cool: Rainstorm.
Dem Phones. Really. [Found here.]
Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos have an excellent version of Willie Dixon‘s “Violent Love,” with a Billie Holiday groove. Too bad there’s not a live video.
1983 saw OingoBoingo at it’s peak, with a ska version of “Violent Love.” Bunk sat at a table next to them at Madam Wong’s without knowing who they were. Then they got on stage and cranked. (Oh, yeah, if you didn’t know, the lead singer is Danny Elfman. Yep. That Danny Elfman.)
.Gif Friday Post No.85- HARRIER CATS ARE GO, Capt. Kirk, Olive Oyl
INDIANA!
[Found at the always excellent Fengtastic.]
One Flew Over the Hot Links
Photo mashup thingy here.
(Guess who it is before you click here.)
Most armpit farts in 30 seconds, viewable at the Universal Record Data Base.
Very cool algorithm experiments to mess with, like this one. [Found via The Presurfer.]
Great blog title with an excellent banner: Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule.
Root boot, walk like Ent. Can’t describe it any other way.
I wonder what they were playing. CD Players in Space.
Hebebe. Bebe. Hebebebe. (here)
Video lifted from an Spanish site that lifted from a Russian site that lifted from an American site, featuring Boots Randolph, here.
Bad eggs. Here.
Who’s Who painting with embedded links here.
Can’t embed LiveLeak on WP, so here’s a link.
Got a small flock of blackbirds that show up once a year to snag the catfood on the patio. Recognized GimpyBird from last year; he’s got a club foot. Not being a “birder” I found this excellent site to identify the little bastards.
Amy Oops has a new live chat widget on her site. Go here to talk trash about her (or me, as I guest post). When I visited on Thursday, she was spending her day off killing zombies. The bad kind.
Here’s the Best Zombie Site. (Some NSFW, most NSFK.)
Saturday Matinee – Bruce, TXT, Robin, John Lee, and Elevators
Bruce Lee plays pingpong with nunchuck. Awesome.
TXT Island, found at ZanyPickle.
Okay. Back to the basics. Here’s Robin Trower‘s “Too Rolling Stoned” from 1975. There was a blues revival going on back then, but it was overshadowed by theatrical rock.
I was gonna jump to George Thorogood‘s classic cover of “One Bourbon…” but thought I’d look for John Lee Hooker‘s original. Found several on the Utoobage, until this jumped up: “Hobo Blues” from 1965. Judging by his odd fingerings, he’s got his guitar tuned to Dmajor, but that’s just a guess. (Hooker always looked to me like he’d been popped in both eyes during a bar fight.)
Since Friday the Thirteenth comes on a Saturday this month, here’s The 13th Floor Elevators, 1966.
These Guys Were Awesome.
Don’t remember the Hansons? Click here. Want more? Click here for the classic warmup scene.
[F-bombs & gratuitous violence warning. I love it.]
“Slap Shot” was loosely based upon a true story about the sale of a losing hockey team. The movie featured brothers Steve and Jeff Carlson with David Hanson; all three were professional hockey players.
Hanson substituted for the third Carlson brother Jack, who had been drafted by the Edmonton Oilers and couldn’t make the filming. (Jack had a nice record on his own, piling up 1,111 penalty minutes in 508 professional games.)
[Photoshopped image source is dead. Summary of the movie “Slap Shot” here.]
Saturday Matinee – Powr
The Powr of One…
[via Woosk.]
Powr-ful Stuff – the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Soul Powr – JB
Towr of Powr.
Tacky Raccoons 